Medico Legal Editorials - SSRIs

There have been a number of cases in which Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRIs, have been implicated in criminal defences. The issue being that SSRIs may predispose individuals to exhibit behaviours precipitated by SSRIs as an adverse effect of their therapy. These cases have included motoring offences, shop lifting, robberies, and assaults....

Despite the cynicism of others, the FDA and the BMJ should be congratulated on brining to the attention of a wider medical community the age related relationship between suicidality and SSRI antidepressants ...

There have been a number of cases in which Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRIs, have been implicated in criminal defences. The issue being that SSRIs may predispose individuals to exhibit behaviours precipitated by SSRIs as an adverse effect of their therapy. ...

RAPID RESPONSE - RISK OF SUICIDALITY WITH SSRIs - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg

Despite the cynicism of others, the FDA and the BMJ should be congratulated on brining to the attention of a wider medical community the age related relationship between suicidality and SSRI antidepressants ...